Books - What are you reading?

What's the story behind the price? Controversial so they scrapped it or something?

From Wikipedia:

The book was originally published in the UK in 1970 by Jonathan Cape. After a 1970 edition by Doubleday & Company had already been printed, Nelson Doubleday, Jr. personally cancelled the publication and had the copies destroyed, fearing legal action from some of the celebrities depicted in the book.